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Cockney Rejects

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Rarely in the long history of British rock’n’roll has there been a story of such depth, magnitude and sheer turbulence as that of the Cockney Rejects. The band were formed in the late Seventies East London as an answer to the art school punk that had dominated the scene up until then.

Fiercely working class in stance and attitude, the band eschewed the political ramblings of punk’s first wave and sang about the circumstances that surrounded them and millions of street kids in Britain’s inner cities- Police harassment, street battles and football to name three.

Signed by EMI after playing four local gigs (less than the pistols!) they found themselves playing sell out tours the length and breadth of the UK and seeing their debut album storm the charts.

Top of the pops appearances followed, which became the stuff of legend as the band generally ran amok in the hallowed White city studios, finally getting banned from the show for their boisterous behavior.

In 1980 the band recorded a riotous version of ‘I’m forever blowing bubbles’ to celebrate the fact that their beloved West Ham United had reached the FA cup final that year, but their devotion to all things claret and blue proved to be their downfall as the gigs became battlegrounds between the band and rival supporters, culminating in the vicious ‘Battle of Birmingham’ that led to serious criminal charges that in turn led to the band being finished as a touring unit.

With the band’s first phase being over, in the interim they were discovered by a brand new fanbase such as US bands Rancid and Green Day, who cherished the Rejects and their terrace punk singalong anthems which, in turn, inspired a new generation of kids to check them out.

Due to overwhelming demand, the band returned to the live circuit in 2000, and have since gone from strength to strength, playing to hundreds of thousands of people across the globe with a live set that is so energetic that it has to be seen to be believed.

With the fractionalization of the late ‘70’s and early ‘80’s now gone for good, with every gig becoming a party for fans and band alike, the Cockney Rejects go from strength to strength.

With a feature length documentary, ‘East End Babylon’ due for release in UK cinemas in October 2012 and a brand new album of the same name being released simultaneously, there has never been a better time to check out the band that inspired a generation with their timeless brand of terrace sing along classics and white hot live set.

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Weird World is established as an European booking agency since the late Nineties. During the first years Weird World became known for booking Punk and Hardcore acts from all over the world all over Europe, but with time our roster became more and more varied. There is Ska, Indie, Hip Hop and meanwhile we are more than proud to work with some of our "old heroes" such as The Adolescents, Alien Sex Fiend, Cockney Rejects, Conflict, Cosmic Psychos, GBH and the Hard Ons, bands from the Nineties like The Casualties, The Generators, Nashville Pussy, Peter Pan Speedrock or Rantanplan and newer acts like Amyl and the Sniffers, The Bombpops, the Clowns, Infidelix, Sauna Youth, Sleaford Mods and toyGuitar. And during the last few years Weird World became one of the most important agencies for booking asian bands in Germany incl superstars like GOT7, The GazettE, Maximum The Hormone, One Ok Rock, Monsta X, Infinite and well established acts like Asian Kung-Fu Generation, Band-Maid, Born, D’espairs Ray, Inoran, Man With A Mission, Plastic Tree, Teen Top or Versailles. We book shows from small bars up to big concert halls, and after two decades everybody in the team still works with passion and enthusiasm with „our“ bands and the music itsself being the most important thing to us.